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JAMES 0-. WALKER, or WACO VILLAGE, TEXAS. tam Patent No. 67,932, dated An 'a t 20, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFEE-POT.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES C; WALKER, of Waco Village, in the county of McLennan, and State of Texas, have invented a new and improved (loifec Pot; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference bcinghnd to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification,

and in which the drawing represents a vertical elevation of my invention, the interual parts of the apparatus being shown as though the side of tlrecofl'ee-pot next to the spectator were removed.

In-this invention steam is introduced from a boiler, through a tube, into the centre of a vessel containing the coffee. The latter vessel is within the coii'oe-pot, and the essence of-the coffee in it is extracted by thejoint action of thesteam and water within the coffee-pot. I

In order that others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it in detail.

In the drawings, A represents the boiler, which, for convenience, may be placed beneath the coffee-pot B, and connected with it bythe perforated wall G, and having an aperture in its top for the admission of water, and a suitable cover to close it. The boiler is covered tight, and the steam generated Within it is carried up by the pipe D running outside of the coli'ee-pot through the top of the cofi'ee-pot, and thence through the cover 6 down into a box or chest, E, in which the coffee is placed, where it is discharged through the perforations e e e e into the centre of the mass of ground cofi'ec. The chest or box E has a perforated bottom, E, beneath which is a pipe, G, running to within a, short distance'of the bottom F of the coflee-pot. At the point where the pipe G is attached to ,the bottom of the box E it is made funnel-shaped in order to embrace the large perforated surface E. The chamber E is placed at such a point in the cofi'ee-pot that when the pot is partially filled with water, the water will flow up into the tube G andreach the coffee above the perforated bottom The operation of, my improved cofl'ee-pot is as follows: I place a small quantity of cold water in the pot B. I then place the coiTec in the chest or box E and insert it in the'pot B, as shown in the drawing, connecting the box'E, by the tube D, with the boiler A. The latter being causcdsto boil, its steam passes to the box E, and is discharged in the centre of the mass of cofl'ee, thoroughly permeating every part of it and extracting its essence, and being at length condensed by the cold water whichit meets near the bottom of the coll'ee-box-E. The heat communicated by the steam will clevatethe temperature of the cold water, but before it reaches the boiling point the process will have been completed and the contents of the pot be ready for use. It is evident that by placing the box E near the bottom of the pot B coffee can be made with a very small quantity of water, or with a larger quantity, as may be desired. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The coffee-pot above described, consisting of the boiler A, tube D perforated at e e e, and box E, having the i n l a l perforated bottom E, and tube G, all arranged and combined in connection wlth the pot B substantially as and for the purpose described.

To the above specification of my improvement I have signed my hand this 29th day of June, 1867.

'JAS. 0L WALKER. Witnesses:

Cults. A. Pn'rrrr, Sonort C. KEMON. 

